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This is nice, quick one that came in at the weekend from reader and friend of the Brownhills Blog, Stuart Cowley, whose passion is Marching Jazz Bands and their history…
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Tagged 1936, Brownhills, Brownhills local history, Brownhills Sylvians, Carnival, Competition, Events, Jazz bands, local blogs, Local History, marching bands, New Photos, Parade, Riverway, Stafford, Staffordshire, Staffordshire Past Track, Stuart Cowley, Things to do, Walsall Wood
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Haute couture
Amy Palmer seems to have been quite notable in Ye Olde City in the 1930s, at least – I think her store stood on the corner of Tamworth Street and Conduit Street, where the empty former Julian Graves store is today.
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